Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-10-22
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given this evening to the Knights of
Pythias, who are holding a convention
in this city, Acting Mayor Bechel said;
Gentlemen; In the name OF the city
of Omaha l extend you q hearty greeting
and the first evidence / shall give OF the
generousness of our hospitality Is by not
intlicting u speech upon you. You will
fiud Omaha q bright western city with q
great many points of interest for those who
are interested in the progress OF the west.
To the members of the great and beneti-
cent order TO which you belong il feels an
especial kindliness. and you may depead
upon it that we will do all we can for your
comfort and entertainments Welcome,
and enjoy yourselves
Governor Thayer then followed with q
greeting from the state to the visiting
knights. He said in substance:
1t gives me sincere pleasure to meet you
under favorable auspices and amidst these
pleasant surroundings. The duty has been
assigned to me to welcome visiting Knights
of other states. 1t is always pleasing
duty to me to welcome friends ana it is
doubly pleasant in this case. The influence
of this order has spread over this entire
country and it is my wish that it
may continue to spread until it
is felt in every section of the
habitable globe. 1t is our privilege to live
within the limits of civilized society and as
such we live with common purpose, that
of doing good to our race. The motto of
your order is Friendship, Charity and
Benevolence. Where can YOU find greater,
robler precept than that found in those few
words? An organization operating under
such precepts deserves the commentator
of all the nation. The tower of your or
ganization is obedience to law, love of Your
fellow man, and loyalty to the government.
In the former principle is embraced the
guide which leads all To the grand goal.
That government of which you speak 10y
ally was founded in the blood of revolution
airy tathe and has endured the test Of
century iii the flag of this great American
government floats in triumph from sea TO
sea. Whether at home or abroad, upon
land or upon the sea, in the most distant
quarter of the globe, the American
citizen feels for the truth.that he is the child
OF the government, and that as such he will
be protected in every sense. TO remove
trouble. TO cause the tears to cease to flow
from eyes that weep, to carry consolation 10
the dying, is your aim. Go forward, then,
sir knights, in this grand pathway. You
are promoting the public good by your
efforts to make better men and better
women, and | trust that you will progress
in this noble calling, and also hope your
deliberations will be attended with success.
In the name of the state, sir knights from
abroad, extend you cordial greeting, and
hope you may in future recall your visit
here with pleasure.
J. j. Muell then responded for the
Knights:
Brother Knights of Pythias.-To fling
wide the portals which give admission to
the broad acres of Nebraska has been a
task assumed by the governor. and it is a
task which we dsem compliment in that
il is the first time such courtesy has been
accorded any secret order. Mr.. Bechel
has made you welcome to a smaller circle,
and re-echo his desire that you enjoy
yourselves thoroughly. To me has been
assigned the privilege Of greeting you of
my brotherhood-a brotherhood which is
circumscribed only by the limits of the
earth-a band, too, who may feel them
selves entitled to the home that is not of
this earth I extend a greeting 10 the
Knights of Pythias as a whole because that
any rank, now matter how attractive, can
only be obtained through the portals of
this subordinate lodge. To you all
say never forget the allegiance
YOU owe in the midst Of YOUR
honors to the subordinate lodge
of our order. have the pleasure of OPEN
ing an additional and smaller circle. the
uniformed rank. To those who have not
entered its ranks say that though the i'm
preston prevails in some quarters that this
Is the show branch Of our order, this is
nearly the smallest of its advantages and
duties Those who desire to know the
great responsibilities, the true earnestness,
of our order, have but to investigate and
learn. bid you OF the uniformed rank a
cordial welcome.
/ have then simply to say to you Sir
Knights that we are glad you are here and
we are particularly gratifed to know that
these are not a 1.-THE Of those who will be
here. In conclusion desire TO borrow the
words of an orator, who in welcoming the
knighthood, said: "We welcome you, we
fling our gates wide open; nay, more breth-
rem, to show You the depth Of our welcome
to you, we break our gates from their
hinges and throw them away
Printing the Silver Certificates.
Washington special: There is de-
cided antagonism among the bankers Of
Washington toward the new method
now in vogue in the bureau of engrav-
ing and printing in printing the reverse
side of the silver certificates. When |
Mr.. Graves was installed into Office as
chief of the bureau there were seven !
machines for printing from plates in
operation in the Office. Now there are
eighteen, and three more soon to be |
added. 1t is claimed that no machine |
has yet been invented which will take |
the place of the human hand in distri- /
buting the ink over an engraved plate, I
and with the present machines it is i'm |
possible to get good results with any /
other color than green. For this rea- /
son only the green side of the silver GER
tificates are printed with the machines. I
The ink, too, is said to be inferior to 4
that used when hand printing is done.
The silver certificates printed on the .
machines are much less durable than
those printed by hand, and the ink will
easily run off when the bills are in the
least moist. Mr.. Brooks, chief of the
secret service division of the treasury,
said to-day that the United States Is
falling to the rear place in the quality OF
the notes which it issues. He is OPP
posed to the printing machines as a sub I
stitute for hand labor, and says that coun-
terfeiting will increase in this countryin
direct proportion with the increase in
the use of these machines. IT is thought
that determined effort will be made
this winter to induce congress to pro-
hibit their further use in the bureau. 1t
is said that the government pays the
patentee 81 for each thousand impress
sions made with the machine. If this
Is true there can be no great amount OF